Radu
Lupu

Radu
Lupu

Radu Lupu is firmly established as one of the most important
musicians of his generation and is widely acknowledged as a leading
interpreter of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert.
Since winning the prestigious Van Cliburn (1966) and Leeds Piano
Competitions (1969), Mr. Lupu has regularly performed as
soloist and recitalist in the musical capitals and major festivals
of Europe and the United States. He has appeared many times with
the Berlin Philharmonic since his debut with that orchestra at the
1978 Salzburg Festival under Herbert von Karajan, and with the
Vienna Philharmonic, including the opening concert of the 1986
Salzburg Festival under Riccardo Muti. He is also a frequent
visitor to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and all of the major
London orchestras. He has played at most notable music festivals
and has been a regular guest at the Salzburg and Lucerne
Festivals.

In the 2015/16 season Mr. Lupu's engagements will include
performances with the Cleveland Orchestra at Teatro alla Scala in
Milan and Gasteig in Munich. His first major American appearances
were in 1972 with the Cleveland Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim in
New York and with the Chicago Symphony led by Carlo Maria Giulini.
Concerts with the New York Philharmonic soon followed and Mr. Lupu
has since appeared with all of the foremost American
orchestras.

Mr. Lupu has made more than 20 recordings for London/Decca,
including the complete Beethoven concertos with the Israel
Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, the complete Mozart violin and piano
sonatas with Szymon Goldberg, Grieg and Schumann Concertos, Debussy
and Franck Violin and Piano Sonatas with Kyung Wha Chung, and
numerous solo recordings of Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. His
most recent London/Decca releases are of Schubert's Sonatas, D. 960
and 664, which won a Grammy® Award in 1995, and of Schumann's
"Kinderszenen," "Kreisleriana" and "Humoresque," which won an
Edison Award in 1995. He has also made two records with pianist
Murray Perahia (Sony Classical) and two albums of Schubert Lieder
with soprano Barbara Hendricks (EMI). In 1998, for Teldec, he
joined Daniel Barenboim for a disc of Schubert works for piano,
four hands. In 2001 Decca re-released a 2-CD set of Schubert's
music for violin and piano, featuring Mr. Lupu together with Szymon
Goldberg.

Born in Romania in l945, Mr. Lupu began studying the piano at
the age of 6 with Lia Busuioseanu. He made his public debut with a
complete program of his own music at l2, continuing his studies for
several years with Florica Muzicescu and Cella Delavrance. In l96l
he won a scholarship to the Moscow State Conservatory where he
studied with Galina Eghyazarova, Heinrich Neuhaus and his son,
Stanislav Neuhaus. During his seven years at the Moscow
Conservatory he won first prize in the l967 Enescu International
Competition in addition to the Van Cliburn and Leeds International
competitions. In 1989 and again in 2006, he was awarded the
prestigious "Abbiati" prize given by the Italian Critics'
Association. He is also the recipient of the 2006 Premio
Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli award.